Šentviška Gora ( or , in older sources Svetoviška Gora, ) is the main settlement in the hills between the valleys of the Bača and Idrijca rivers, known as the () or Šentviška Gora Plateau (Šentviškogorska planota),Meze, Drago. 1988. Kmetije na Šentviški planoti in v Trebuši. Geografski zbornik 28: 87–126 pp. 92, 120.Tinta, Tadeja. 2011. Hidrogram enote v hidroloških modelih. Bachelor's thesis. Ljubljana: Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za gradbeništvo in geodezijo, p. 43. in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia.Tolmin municipal site
Church
The parish church, from which the settlement and the entire plateau gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Vitus and belongs to the Koper Diocese.Koper Diocese list of churches It was first mentioned as the seat of the parish in documents dating to 1192, although the current building is Baroque in style. Its interior was painted in the early 20th century by Tone Kralj.
Notable people
Although he was probably born in Ribnica in southern Slovenia, a Slovene folk tradition claims Šentviška Gora as the birthplace of the composer Jacobus Gallus.
References
External links
Šentviška Gora on Geopedia